Genesis 9:1, God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food; Genesis 9:4, Blood and murder are forbidden; Genesis 9:8, God’s covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge; Genesis 9:18, Noah’s family replenish the world; Genesis 9:20, Noah plants a vineyard; Genesis 9:21, Is drunken, and mocked by his son; Genesis 9:25, Curses Canaan; Genesis 9:26, Blesses Shem; Genesis 9:27, Prays for Japheth, and dies.
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Genesis 9 — OverviewGenesis 9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleBoth the world and the church were now again reduced to a family, the
family of Noah, of the affairs of which this chapter gives us an
account, of which we are the more concerned to take cognizance because
from…Genesis 9 — OverviewGenesis 9 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter we have an account of God's blessing Noah and his sons, being just come out of the ark, with a renewal of the blessing of propagating their species, and replenishing the earth, the dominion over the…Genesis 9:1-7Genesis 9:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe read, in the close of the foregoing chapter, the very kind things
which God said in his heart, concerning the remnant of mankind which
was now left to be the seed of a new world. Now here we have these kind…Genesis 9:1Genesis 9:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd God—Elohim, not because belonging to the Elohistic document (Block, Tuch, Colcnso); but rather because throughout this section the Deity is exhibited in his relations to his creatures—blessed—a repetition of the…Genesis 9:1-7Genesis 9:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONGenesis 9:1-7Genesis 9:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryNew arrangements for a new era.
I. PROVISION FOR THE INCREASE OF THE HUMAN FAMILY.
1. The procreate instrumentality—the ordinance of marriage (Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:7), which was -
2. The originating cause—the…